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TEXAS GUNS . SYNOPSIS . , . Silas Spelle, high-handed, low-principled cattle baron, is out to smash the local bank and force foreclosure on the small ranchers of the Kanab desert country so that he can seize their range lands. He is opposed by Ed. Starbuck, president of the Cattle- men's Bank, and by San Juan Dele- van, prominent rancher., who., has been crippled by a fall from his horse. Tex Whipple and his part- ner, Johnny Clehoe, are cowpunch- ers employed by San Juan Delevan to fight the rustlers and protect his interests. CH-APT.BR XVI ' Tex and Utah Lynch and A1 Bur- rows left the Box D early the fol- lowing morning. The stars were still gleaming cold and bright when they herded their pack animals out of the corral and started them down into the purple depths of the Ka- nab Desert. Tex was the last to leave and he hesitated a moment, looking down at the silent bunk- liouse, His stern, deeply seamed face was wistful, and. his eyes just a, wee bit hurt. ‘‘Better get a wiggle on, yuh ole brindle-haid,” came a gruff voice at his elbow. “The others are get- tin’ a lead on yuh.” Tex started slightly and turned. Johnny was standing there at his stirrup. Miraculously Tex’s face cleared and for a moment a. beau- tiful light glowed in his deep eyes. Johnny held up his hand and Tex gripped it mightily. His left hand went out and settled lightly on Johnny’s towseled head. “Take keer o’ yoreself, son,” he drawled gently. “If trouble breaks remember all I’ve taught you. Don’t go bustin' into things without thinkin’ yore moves out first. If yuh ain’t here when I get back I’ll pave this damn country with daild men," “Boy!" gulped J/ohnny, ..‘‘I’ll be all right. It’s you I’m worryin’ about. Yuh’re shore to bump into gun-play down south an’ I won’t be there to watch out fer yuh.” “Nemmine meâ€"1 kin get along. So-long Johnny,” “So-long, Tex.” Tip Top Shape Tex rode away, a dark, creaking .bulk in the half dawn. At the cor- ral gate Johnny stood, watching and listening until the last sound of departure vanished. Then he turned slowly back to the 'bunk- house, swallowing thickly and blinking his eyes. He was strange- ly unashamed of the tears. For the next three weeks Johnny drove Pink and Pod and himself un- mercifully. There were a multi- tude of things to be done about the ranch, and every night the three youngsters dragged themselves to their blankets tremendously weary. But a month after Tex, Utah and A1 Burrows had gone, found every- thing about the ranch in tip-top shape. From his daily seat on the porch, . old Jim Delevan watched the pro- gress with an approving eye. “That boy Johnny is shore a go- getter," he remarked one evening to Bonny, who was perched beside him. “Pink an’ Pod have done more work in the last month than they ever did in six before, an’ darned if they don’t seem happy in doin’ it. “They’re gettin’ that danged proud o’ this ranch they ain’t fit to live with.” “They are good boys, all,” ansi Your Child Don’t let constipation dull that happy smile. Give Steedman’s Powders, the mild, gentle laxative specially made for babies and growing children, Bor more than 100 years Mothers everywhere have trusted Steedman’s to keep children health- fully regular from infancy to early teens. FREE Samble and Booklet "Hints to Mothers” on request. Write John Steedman & Co., Dept 19 442 St. Gabriel Street, Montreal 67N ç^stSdman’s POWDERS Jjook for the double EE symbol on each package. Issue No, 28â€"’38 by L. P, Holmes wered Bonny softly. “So loyal and cheerful.” Tall, Lean, Capable “Cheerfulâ€"yeah,” nodded Dele- van. “All except Johnny. That kid’s worryin' about Tex. I kin tell it.” “I love him for it,” said Ronny. “He worships old Tex. Heâ€"he’d die for him. I know he would.” Delevan nodded again. ‘T like that kidâ€"sh-h-h, here he comes now.” Johnny came striding up out of the dusk and crossed the porch to Ronny and her father. He looked very tall and lean and capable, thought Ronny, her heart skipping a beat. And his usual devil-may- care face was set and grim and strangely harsh. “Evenin’ folks,” he drawled. “1 come up to say so-long for a time. I’m headin’ south in the mornin’.” “I savvy," nodded Delevan. “Go ahead son, yuh’ve done mighty fine work in the past month an’ things are in better shape than they’ve been for a year., I see Pink an’ Pod .haided fer town after dinner.” “Yeah,” said Johnny, relaxing a little. “Them boys shore have earned a holiday. An' it was jest about a case o’ have to. Pod was down to his last pair o’ socks an’ Pink's been on the verge o’ tears for a week over the way his clothes are failin’ apart. But they shore have worked.” Two Things In Life “I’m raisin’ their wages,” declar- ed Delevan abruptly. “I kin ap- preciate any man’s efforts.” “Be ail right it I take a couple o' spare bosses ?” asked Johnny, “I aim to make a fast trip." “Hell,” snorted Delevan. “Do yuh need to ask? Take a dozen if yuh want ’em, son. I don’t think yuh need to do any worryin’, but I ain't tryin' to hold yuh back.” When Johnny left, Ronny follow- ed him shamelessly to the steps. “Takeâ€"take care of yourself, Johnny," she murmured, holding out her hand shyly. Johnny gripped it in both of his. “They’s jest two things worth while in life fer me, Ronny,” he murmur- ed with a kind of fierce tenderness. “Yuh an’ Tex make up the herd. Yeahâ€"I’ll be back.” Just before midnight Johnny awoke with a start. Someone, grunting and stumbling, had enter- ed the bunkhouse. “Quien es?” called Johnny. “Who is it?” “It's meâ€"-Pink,” came the ans- wer. “Strike a light Johnny, Pod's hurt.” (To be Continued) Use Dark Clothes For Travel Wear Triple Sheer Fabrics Are Good â€"That Do Not Crease Or Soil For travelling on vacation by plane, train or motor, you must, be smartly dressed. Just any old dud won’t do. With modern conditions as they are, you should arrive as spick and span as you start. And here is a secret of the well-dressed travel- er; wear something dark â€" black, brown, navy, whichever is most becoming. “Dark” doesn’t mean heavy, of course. If you are journeying in a hot zone, select one of the trip- le-sheer fabricsâ€"silk or,rayonâ€" that do not crease or show soil.” Dress and Jacket Ideal A dress and jacket are perfect. Town clothes are nearly akin to travel costumes and need the same air-conditioning to make them cool and comfortable. There are thin silks, thinner linens, airy chiffons, diaphanous nets, and combinations of these materials are high in favor. Skirts flare youthfully although the flare, except in the dirndl, is confined at the hipline to make a neat line. Sleeves of dresses and coats are short. There are slim one-piece dresses in coolest of cottons, dotted Swiss, lawn, in white, quiet pinks, blues, navy and brown â€" the lat- ter surprisingly popular in vari- ous shades for this time of year. Crisp looking nets are high fashion. They are worn in fresh looking black, with lightâ€"maybe whiteâ€"-details/ and with white or pale colored accessories. Ontario's Tourist Business Worth $100,000,000 Annually Three-Way Costume . . The -Same Pattern! By Louises Lennox You’ll welcome this three-way costume in your wardrobe right through summer. It takes up very little space in your suit-case for week-end vacations and gives grand variety. For spectator wear, there’s the smart jumper dress. Discard the buttoned down the front one-piece jumper; and you’re ready for tennis, hiking or the beach in your tailored shorts and shirt. You’ll love its young flattering square neckline with suspenders in the back. White pique combined with a colorful peasant print cotton shirt is pic- tured here. Shirting striped cham- bray, hopsacking weaves, percale prints, etc., are other suitable cot- tons for this popular three-way costume. Style No. 2685 is designed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 years. Size 15 requires 3% yards of 39- inch material for jumper and shorts; and 1 3-8 yards of 39-inch material for blouse. Send fifteen cents (15c) (coin is preferred) for pattern to Peer- less Patterns, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly your' name, address and style number. Be sure to state size you wish. T rees (From The Countryman) In sleep of helpless infancy Trees were the arms that cradled me, On Tree my daily food is spread, Tree is my chair and Tree my bed. Fibre of Tree the books I con, And Tree the shelves they stand upon. Primeval Tree burns clear and bright To warm, me on a winter night. I hear, to wind in woods' akin, Tree-music of the violin; And at the last, when I shall die, My tired dust in Tree will lie. Dentists recommend Wrlgley’s Gum as an aid to strong, healthy teeth, cleanses them of food par- ticles, massages the gums. Aids di- gestion, relieves stuffy feeling after meals. Helps keep you healthy! Take some home for the children too they will love it ! cs „ MAAAAAAAM Traffic Will Increase, Too, With More Highway Construction and Improved Roads In the Northâ€"Dual Highway Seen Best Solation, Spectator, Sports Or For Sunning The tourist business brings ta Ontario more than one hundred million dollars a year of new money, according to R. M. Smith, Deputy Minister of Highways. I. In an article entitled “King’s Highways of Ontario,” printed in the Canadian Geographical Jour- nal Mr. Smith adds: “The province is catering to this class of traffic. Highways are being developed through the north, through lake areas such as Muskoka and Hali- burton, the Timagami and Missis- sag) Forest Reservations, across Algonquin Park, through the Lake of the Woods area, and in many other sections, all of which are of extreme interest and barely dis- covered from a tourist point of view. Mostly From U.S. In developing tourist traffic, the province has kept in mind the possibility of a large percentage of the thirty million tourists to the south of us entering Ontario. Roads in keeping with those to which they are accustomed have been built, and will continue to be built. Each year the mileage is extending further into the prov- ince, in this way contacting these vast areas I have mentioned.” He points out that each year since the province first commenc- ed highway construction, traffic has continued to increase. He be- lieves that the dual highway is the only solution to this, at least in Southern Ontario. Aside en- tirely from the traffic from out- side, an increase of some 1,300 per cent, in motor car registra- tion within the province since 1915 has forced pavement, de- velopment “well beyond the im- agination of the most progressive authorities.” Government control of industry is being extended in the Nether- lands Indies, grand idea â-  sweetening ; my morning! cereal r : with Revamped Chin Great Improvements In Appear- ance Effected by Dental Surgery An operation used by dental sur- geons to correct jutting or receding chins was described at Temple Uni- versity dental school at Philadel- phia last week. Dr. James R. Cameron, professor of oral surgery, said the operation wag known technically as resection of the ramus, the short “handle” of the lower jaw in front of the ear. The ramus is cut horizontally ami the jaw moved forward or back- ward as much as a half inch, then the teeth are wired together until 1’T3 bones knit, according to Dr. Cameron. Originally the operation was used to help the chewing position of the jaws, he said, but the improvement in appearance effected for persons with unsightly chins has become another :ason. Household Science By SUSAN FLETCHER MINT JELLY Have you ever gathered wet, glistening mint leaves beside a running brook? If you have, you’ll remember how fragrant, and pungent they were when you crushed the leaves between your fingers and how you sniffed and sniffed, almost drinking in their • aromatic odour. If you haven’t this romantic setting in which to pidk mint leaves, you can buy it or perhaps there is a patch of it in your garden. By all means get hold of some and make jelly from it. It’s not much of a job to make mint jelly and the uses you can get from it are surprising. It is gr’and with Iamb, of course, but it can be used with equally good ef- fect in fruit salads, a bright touch of mint jelly tops off tap- ioca desserts, jellied salads take on a sophisticated air when a dash of mint jelly is added and it is a fine accompaniment to any cold meat. The idea of making jelly from mint leaves would frighten you if you remember how it used to be made by first making apple jelly and then adding the mint for fla- vor. It was a long, tedious pro- cess and even after all the work, one couldn’t be sure of getting good jelly. Nowadays there is bottled fruit pectin which will put a jell into even such things as mint leaves which contain no pec- tin, or jellying1 substance, of their own. Fifteen minutes is all the time that is needed when mint jel- ly is made by the following recipe: FRESH MINT JELLY 1 cup (4 oz.) mint leaves and stems, packed % cup cider vinegar 1 cup water 3% cups (iy2 lbs.) sugar Green coloring % bottle fruit pectin. Wash mint. Do not remove the .leaves from . stems. Measure into 3-quart saucepan and press with wooden- potato masher or glass. Add vinegar, water and sugar, and mix. Bring to a boil over hot- test fire. While mixture is com- ing to a boil, add coloring to give desired shade. Use coloring which fruit acids do not fade. As soon as mixture boils, add bottled pec- tin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard Vs minute. Remove from fire and skim. To remove all trace of mint leaves, pour hot jelly through fine sieve into glasses. Paraffin at once. Makes about 5 glasses (6 fluid ounces each). If you have a gooseberry bush in your back yard, don’t miss the chance to make a batch of goose- berry jam. It’s a most economical preserve. GOOSEBERRY JAM 4 cups (2 lbs.) crushed fruit 7Vz cups (314 lbs.) sugar Is cup water V% bottle fruit pectin. To prepare fruit, crush thor- oughly or grind about 2 pounds fully ripe fruit; measure into large kettle. Simmer, covered, 15 min- utes. Add sugar, mix well, and bring- to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly be- fore and while boiling. Boil, bard I minute. Remove from fire and stir in pectin. Skim; pour quick- ly. Paraffin at once. Makes about II glasses (6 fluid ounces each), Instant Lighting • Quick Heating Save'1/3 ironing time with this iron that makes and burns its own gas. No cords or connections. Can he used anywhere. See the Coleman Dealer hear you or write- for details! The Coinman Lamp and Stove Company, Ltd. Dept. Wi.325 Toronto. Ont.